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William Collins

Born

in Chichester, Sussex, England

December 25, 1721

Died

June 12, 1759

Genre

Poetry

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William Collins was an English poet. Second in influence only to Thomas Gray, he was an important poet of the middle decades of the 18th century. His lyrical odes mark a turn away from the Augustan poetry of Alexander Pope's generation and towards the Romantic era which would soon follow.
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Average rating: 4.3 · 181 ratings · 16 reviews · 60 distinct works

	The Poetical Works of William Collins 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1937 — 227 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Poems of William Collins 3.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — 72 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Harvard Classics, Volume 41: English Poetry 2: Collins to Fitzgerald by William Collins, George Sewell, Alison Cockburn really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Odes on Several Descriptive and Allegoric Subjects liked it 3.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1746 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Works of the English Poets, Vol. 58 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poetical Works by William Collins, Thomas Gray, A.L. Poole (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Persian eclogues. Written originally for the entertainment of the ladies of Tauris it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Complete Works by William Collins, Richard Wendorf (Editor), Charles Ryskamp (Editor) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1980 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ode Occasion'd by the Death of Mr. Thomson by William Collins, James Thomson liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Ode on the Popular Superstitions of the Highlands of Scotland: Considered as the Subject of Poetry it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Any book without a mistake in it has had too much money spent on it.”
― William Collins

tags: book, books, editing, editors, humour

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“Sad was the Hour, and luckless was the Day.

- Eclogue the Second: Hassan; or the Camel-driver”
― William Collins, Gray and Collins: Poetical Works

tags: misfortune

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“Unhappy Land, whose Blessings tempt the Sword.

Eclogue the Fourth. Agib and Secander; or the Fugitives”
― William Collins, Gray and Collins: Poetical Works

tags: avarice, greed, war

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